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collection. Enter a name for the duplicate selection
intheeditablefield.
Delete Collection—Removes the current collection
from memor y.
Show K eys in Track B ar—Displays in the track bar
(page 3–750)
animation keys for all objects with
parameters in the current collection, whether or
not the objects are selected in the scene.
Isolate K eys in Track B ar—The track bar displays
only keys for parameters in the Parameter
Collector.
Show S elected K eys in Track B ar—Displays in the
track bar (page 3–750) animation keys for all
objects with selected parameters in the current
collection, whether or not the objects are selected
in the scene.
Isol ate Sel ected K ey s in Track B a r —The t rack bar
displays only keys for selected parameters in the
Parameter Collector .
Put to Object—Stores the current collection as part
of an object in the scene. Opens the Put To O bject
dialog; highlight an object in the list, and then
click Pick.
Although parameter collections are stored with
the scene in which they’re created, you can use
this function to transfer a col lection to a different
scene. After putting the collection to an object,
save the scene. Open or create another scene,
mergetheobjectfromthesavedscenetothenew
one, and then use Get from Object.
You can also back up, organize and streamline
parameter collections by putting and getting
different collections to and from various objects in
your scene. Just remember that if you add, reorder,
or remove parameters or rollouts to a collection
that has been put to an object, you must then put
it to the object again so the changes are saved to
the collect ion.
Link to Obj ect—Stores the current collection using
alivelink
as part of an object in the scene. Any
change to the collection instantly updates the
version of the collection stored in the object.
Opens the Link To Object dialog; highlight an
object in the list, and then click Pick.
Link to Object has basically the same funct ion as
Put To Object (see previous entry), except that
it guarantees an up-to-date stored version of the
collection, especially when merging the object
intoanotherscenethatisacommonproduction
workflow.
Note: Onlyone“linked-to”objectcanbeactive
in a scene, but you can use Put To Object on any
number of objects at a time.
Get from Object—Retrieves a collection that you
stored with Put To Object or Lin k To O bject.
Remove from Object—Deletes a collection that you
stored with Put To Object or Lin k To O bject.
Edit menu
Parameter Collector lets you select parameters
in any combination, but you c an select no more
than one rollout at a time. To select or deselect
a parameter, click the small button on its left
side. To select or deselect a rollout, click the wide
horizontal button just below the rollout title.
Selecting a rollout deselects any other selected
rollout.
Select All—Selects all parameters and rollouts.
Select All R ollout—Selects all parameters on
the current rollout. U navailable if no rollout is
selected.
Select None—Deselects all parameters.
Select Invert—Inverts the current selection of
parameters.
Delete Selected—Deletes all selected parameters.
Delete All—Deletes all parameters and rollouts.